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EFE · Road Competition · 04/09/2020
Bahrain-McLaren team principal Gorazd Stangelj regretted the positioning error that led his leader of the ranks, Spaniard Mikel Landa, to lose 1 minute and 21 seconds at Lavour’s goal, after being cut off after a provoked fan by the Ineos Grenadier.
“We knew it would be a difficult day with a lot of stress from the wind. We did a good job in the first part of the race and we got into the good group in the first cuts,” he said.
“But, unfortunately, we had a critical moment that left us in a bad situation and wasted time in the general standings,” he added.
He claimed that their leader was “at the wrong time in the wrong place.”
Landa, who is now nineteenth, 1 minute and 34 seconds behind the leader, the British Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott), did not want to comment after losing options to win the race in the same region where last year he also left 2 minutes , then for a fall. Curiously, a stage that ended in Albi and where the Belgian Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) also won.
Stangelj appreciated the work of his teammates, Pello Bilbao, Damiano Caruso and Matej Mahoric, who minimized losses.
“It was a shame, after all day alert and well placed we were caught in a crash due to braking,” said Bilbao at the end of the stage.
The Spanish regretted that the team could not provide more help to Landa because he has suffered two casualties, that of fellow Spaniard Rafa Valls, who had to retire due to a broken femur after the first stage, and the Dutchman Wouter Poels, who has physical problems .
“We are running with six (…) The team is touched, but we have to risk, although there is a lot of Tour left and we cannot accelerate after today,” said Bilbao.
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